Healthcare Potition : The Causes Of Healthcare Corruption In China

It is cited that the most common forms of fraud and abuse in today’s health care industry are false claims, submitting duplicate bills, upcoding services to receive higher reimbursements, as well as kickbacks from referrals (Buchbinder and Shanks, 2012). Health care fraud and abuse unfortunately are common occurrences. In the U.S., allied health care professionals target Medicare, Medicaid, even private insurance companies because of the lure of money without regard for moral, ethical and legal stances. It is a plague that not only affects the U.S. but the whole world in general. It

There have been recommendations before in the past that the less the government is involved in healthcare than the better. “When health insurance was introduced it was a private employer-based system of financing” (Williams & Torrens, 2008). The most important thing to understand about quality in healthcare is understanding the systematic efforts to define and also measure quality. Deming’s philosophy consisted of cooperation as well as systems thinking, as well as, causes of variation. There were special causes of variation and common causes of variation. Special variation is to be considered when the poor quality of a system is not working, this could possibly be due to an individual who is not in compliance with doing everything they are supposed to, to ensure that the system functions properly. Common cause variation is considered when everyone is actually doing everything that they are supposed to and yet the system still does not work. “Policymakers must participate vigorously in setting priorities for the questions systematic reviews address and in establishing and enforcing the ethical and methodological standards they must meet” ( Fox,

Corruption was also throughout many aspects of the administration of the Qing Dynasty. Many officials increased their own personal fortunes by raising peasant’s taxes and by pocketing money, which was to be used for infrastructure, such as the river mitigation project.

Political machines were one of the main sources of corruption. Political machines were extremely powerful organizations linked to political parties - these machines controlled local government cities. A “political boss” controlled jobs and services by offering bribes in return for political votes. A spoils system rose from this in which political supporters were given jobs and favors for support, however, often times the people given these political jobs were not qualified for them. Moreover, “Big Business” was yet another form of corruption.

Also, by focusing too much on cost reduction, the root causes of this national problem have been neglected. The modern era has revolutionized the U.S. healthcare, but it

First, it is important to define what corruption is. The term, “corruption” covers a broad range of human actions,

Another noteworthy cause of high health care costs is represented by the low level of efficiency within the medical sector, which decreases the

Corrupt practices by both governmental officials and institutions tend to lead to inequality of quality care among all groups.

China has been successful in reforming the majority of its criminals, including the last feudal emperor and various war criminals, turning them into unoffensive, socially-beneficial, law-abiding citizens. This has safeguarded the country's social stability, economic development and national security, at the same time effectively protecting the rights of its citizens. China has been hugely successful in efforts to reform its

Healthcare is a beautiful system that has a goal to maintain and improve the health in human beings. Medical care is delivered by health professionals who undergo years of education to have the clinical knowledge and techniques they need in order to meet the health needs of target populations and essentially be trusted by the public. Since health is vital, it only makes since that the economy spends a lot of it’s money on their healthcare system since it is seen as an important factor in promoting the general well being of people around the world. Unfortunately, with health care systems all over the world there are people who want to manipulate it by engaging in fraudulent activities.

Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has successfully removed bureaucrats from office who have participated in corrupt activities; however, the campaign will never fully eliminate corruption if reforms that combats the roots of corruption are not implemented. Unless the causes of corruption are treated, the pervasiveness of corruption will never be fully extinguished. Xi Jinping has used the campaign to remove political rivals or officials whose primary loyalty lies with former regimes to consolidate central authority. I do not believe that the main goal of the campaign is to purge officials who threaten Xi’s authority, but individuals may have been targeted for this reason. The anti-corruption campaign has made it possible for Xi to potentially

The healthcare system in China has made considerable advancements in recent years to make health treatment accessible. In 2009, China launched an ambitious healthcare reform plan to provide health insurance coverage for nearly 95 percent of its citizens. The reform also included efforts to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for citizens. However, despite these changes, China’s progress is hindered by inefficiency and corruption. For a large developing country, and one that has the world’s largest population, it is imperative for China to improve its healthcare. The intent of this paper is to gain an understanding of China’s healthcare system by reviewing its development from the beginning of the Communist party takeover in 1949 to the present, and the differences in healthcare between rural and urban regions of mainland China.

According the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself… including…medical care.” Although it is universal right, is quality health care easily accessible throughout the world? Britain, a developed nation, provides citizens with universal health care under the NHS (National Health Care System). This system has led to long wait times for patients and inadequate quality of care due to an excess of patients and a decline of doctors. Mongolia’s developing health care system grants citizens primary health care. However, due to Mongolia’s disperse and nomadic populations, citizens in rural areas do not receive the same health care

The rise of corruption in China can be attributed to the structure of its economic institutions. Starting off with a unified system where resources are uniformly allocated by the central government, large-scale decentralization market reforms in the 1970s like the “fiscal-contracting system” endowed local officials with high control over the use of public goods (Zhou,

Corruption is a complex political, social, and economic anomaly that negatively affects developing and developed countries. It weakens democratic institutions, holds economic development, widening the rich-poor gap and certainly leads to governmental instability. The World Bank definition of corruption states that “…the abuse of public office for private gain”.